ANNE FRANK 75TH BIRTHDAY
75TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
75TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
75TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
ABOUT

The Anne Frank 75th Birthday Tribute was created to promote racial tolerance and understanding on what would have been Anne Frank’s 75th birthday. By highlighting Anne’s legacy through music, celebrity readings from her diary and special remembrances of her life by a member of her family and her friends, Anne’s message of humanity resonated with the audience as the event brought her memory to life by those who knew her best.

As Event Chair Miep Gies, the courageous woman who hid Anne Frank and her family for over two years, and who found Anne’s diary stated, “It is indeed important that on her 75th birthday we celebrate the ideals she held and recorded in her diary. People need to remember that Anne is not just a distant historical figure and a victim of the Holocaust, but that she was also a lively, talented girl, whose appeal to fight racism and anti-Semitism is still relevant today.”
ABOUT

The Anne Frank 75th Birthday Tribute was created to promote racial tolerance and understanding on what would have been Anne Frank’s 75th birthday. By highlighting Anne’s legacy through music, celebrity readings from her diary and special remembrances of her life by a member of her family and her friends, Anne’s message of humanity resonated with the audience as the event brought her memory to life by those who knew her best.

As Event Chair Miep Gies, the courageous woman who hid Anne Frank and her family for over two years, and who found Anne’s diary stated, “It is indeed important that on her 75th birthday we celebrate the ideals she held and recorded in her diary. People need to remember that Anne is not just a distant historical figure and a victim of the Holocaust, but that she was also a lively, talented girl, whose appeal to fight racism and anti-Semitism is still relevant today.”
ABOUT

The Anne Frank 75th Birthday Tribute was created to promote racial tolerance and understanding on what would have been Anne Frank’s 75th birthday. By highlighting Anne’s legacy through music, celebrity readings from her diary and special remembrances of her life by a member of her family and her friends, Anne’s message of humanity resonated with the audience as the event brought her memory to life by those who knew her best.

As Event Chair Miep Gies, the courageous woman who hid Anne Frank and her family for over two years, and who found Anne’s diary stated, “It is indeed important that on her 75th birthday we celebrate the ideals she held and recorded in her diary. People need to remember that Anne is not just a distant historical figure and a victim of the Holocaust, but that she was also a lively, talented girl, whose appeal to fight racism and anti-Semitism is still relevant today.”
THE ORIGIN

The Diary of Anne Frank is the most famous journal in the world and one of the most poignant human rights documents of all time. It demonstrates the power of the written word as its young author was able to reach out to the ages through its vivid and powerful message of social justice. In 2004, Anne Frank would have celebrated her 75th birthday. Realizing that this occasion could serve as a poignant platform to celebrate the life and legacy of Anne Frank as well as highlight the impact young people can make in regards to human rights, Clark approached The Anne Frank Center with the idea to create an all-star Anne Frank 75th Birthday Tribute.
THE ORIGIN

The Diary of Anne Frank is the most famous journal in the world and one of the most poignant human rights documents of all time. It demonstrates the power of the written word as its young author was able to reach out to the ages through its vivid and powerful message of social justice. In 2004, Anne Frank would have celebrated her 75th birthday. Realizing that this occasion could serve as a poignant platform to celebrate the life and legacy of Anne Frank as well as highlight the impact young people can make in regards to human rights, Clark approached The Anne Frank Center with the idea to create an all-star Anne Frank 75th Birthday Tribute.
THE ORIGIN

The Diary of Anne Frank is the most famous journal in the world and one of the most poignant human rights documents of all time. It demonstrates the power of the written word as its young author was able to reach out to the ages through its vivid and powerful message of social justice. In 2004, Anne Frank would have celebrated her 75th birthday. Realizing that this occasion could serve as a poignant platform to celebrate the life and legacy of Anne Frank as well as highlight the impact young people can make in regards to human rights, Clark approached The Anne Frank Center with the idea to create an all-star Anne Frank 75th Birthday Tribute.
THE EVENT

Excited by the idea, the Anne Frank Center helped Clark reach out to Buddy Elias, Anne’s cousin and only living family member, to host the event. With Mr. Elias support, Clark confirmed two remarkable Event Chairs for the benefit: Miep Gies, age 96, the woman who hid the Frank family for two years and Dr. Simon Wiesenthal, age 97, a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, writer and Nazi hunter who eventually found the SS officer who arrested Anne and her family. 

A highlight of the evening occurred when Mr. Elias introduced his special friend, Edmund “Hello” Silverberg, Anne’s boyfriend at the time of her hiding, who celebrated Anne’s life by reading from her diary. Millie Perkins, who portrayed Anne in the 1959 film “Diary of Anne Frank,” and Natalie Portman, who played Anne in the 1997 Broadway production of the same name, both read passages from her diary as well.

Honorary Chairs for the evening were President Jimmy Carter, President Bill Clinton, then Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bob Dole. Readers and musicians included Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Irving, Laura Linney, Tim Black Nelson, Millie Perkins, Natalie Portman, Gabriel Byrne, Emmy Rossum Lou Reed and Cindi Lauper.
THE EVENT

Excited by the idea, the Anne Frank Center helped Clark reach out to Buddy Elias, Anne’s cousin and only living family member, to host the event. With Mr. Elias support, Clark confirmed two remarkable Event Chairs for the benefit: Miep Gies, age 96, the woman who hid the Frank family for two years and Dr. Simon Wiesenthal, age 97, a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, writer and Nazi hunter who eventually found the SS officer who arrested Anne and her family. 

A highlight of the evening occurred when Mr. Elias introduced his special friend, Edmund “Hello” Silverberg, Anne’s boyfriend at the time of her hiding, who celebrated Anne’s life by reading from her diary. Millie Perkins, who portrayed Anne in the 1959 film “Diary of Anne Frank,” and Natalie Portman, who played Anne in the 1997 Broadway production of the same name, both read passages from her diary as well.

Honorary Chairs for the evening were President Jimmy Carter, President Bill Clinton, then Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bob Dole. Readers and musicians included Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Irving, Laura Linney, Tim Black Nelson, Millie Perkins, Natalie Portman, Gabriel Byrne, Emmy Rossum Lou Reed and Cindi Lauper.
THE EVENT

Excited by the idea, the Anne Frank Center helped Clark reach out to Buddy Elias, Anne’s cousin and only living family member, to host the event. With Mr. Elias support, Clark confirmed two remarkable Event Chairs for the benefit: Miep Gies, age 96, the woman who hid the Frank family for two years and Dr. Simon Wiesenthal, age 97, a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, writer and Nazi hunter who eventually found the SS officer who arrested Anne and her family. 

A highlight of the evening occurred when Mr. Elias introduced his special friend, Edmund “Hello” Silverberg, Anne’s boyfriend at the time of her hiding, who celebrated Anne’s life by reading from her diary. Millie Perkins, who portrayed Anne in the 1959 film “Diary of Anne Frank,” and Natalie Portman, who played Anne in the 1997 Broadway production of the same name, both read passages from her diary as well.

Honorary Chairs for the evening were President Jimmy Carter, President Bill Clinton, then Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bob Dole. Readers and musicians included Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Irving, Laura Linney, Tim Black Nelson, Millie Perkins, Natalie Portman, Gabriel Byrne, Emmy Rossum Lou Reed and Cindi Lauper.
A UNIQUE AWARD

Clark learned from Anne’s cousin Buddy Elias that Anne kept her diary because she wanted to become a journalist when she grew up. In order to honor Anne’s passion and promote the values she wrote about in her diary, Clark created the “Anne Frank Human Writes Award,” to promote writers of every description – from journalists to screenwriters, playwrights to poets, and songwriters to novelists — who use their skill as writers to promote social justice.
A UNIQUE AWARD

Clark learned from Anne’s cousin Buddy Elias that Anne kept her diary because she wanted to become a journalist when she grew up. In order to honor Anne’s passion and promote the values she wrote about in her diary, Clark created the “Anne Frank Human Writes Award,” to promote writers of every description – from journalists to screenwriters, playwrights to poets, and songwriters to novelists — who use their skill as writers to promote social justice.
THE RECIPIENT

Anne’s cousin Buddy Elias was a life-long actor before he became the Director of the Anne Frank Foundation in Basil, Switzerland. When Clark asked him who he felt would most appropriately represent his cousin Anne and be deserving of the award, Mr. Elias said he felt strongly that the recipient of the Anne Frank Human Writes Award should be Arthur Miller, a man who he said wrote about ordinary people like his family, who were swept up in extraordinary circumstances. When Clark approached Arthur Miller to receive this unique award from Anne’s cousin, Mr. Miller graciously agreed. Sadly, weeks before the Gala Event, Mr. Miller passed away.

Knowing how touched his father had been by the nature of this award, Robert Miller attended the event with Arthur’s sister and accepted the Human Writes Award on his fathers’ behalf, by stating, “My father agreed to accept this honor because of his belief in the relevance of the writer in society and their power to inform us of the human condition. I feel that this award honors his lifelong commitment to seeking and exploring that relevance.”
THE RECIPIENT

Anne’s cousin Buddy Elias was a life-long actor before he became the Director of the Anne Frank Foundation in Basil, Switzerland. When Clark asked him who he felt would most appropriately represent his cousin Anne and be deserving of the award, Mr. Elias said he felt strongly that the recipient of the Anne Frank Human Writes Award should be Arthur Miller, a man who he said wrote about ordinary people like his family, who were swept up in extraordinary circumstances. When Clark approached Arthur Miller to receive this unique award from Anne’s cousin, Mr. Miller graciously agreed. Sadly, weeks before the Gala Event, Mr. Miller passed away.

Knowing how touched his father had been by the nature of this award, Robert Miller attended the event with Arthur’s sister and accepted the Human Writes Award on his fathers’ behalf, by stating, “My father agreed to accept this honor because of his belief in the relevance of the writer in society and their power to inform us of the human condition. I feel that this award honors his lifelong commitment to seeking and exploring that relevance.”
THE RECIPIENT

Anne’s cousin Buddy Elias was a life-long actor before he became the Director of the Anne Frank Foundation in Basil, Switzerland. When Clark asked him who he felt would most appropriately represent his cousin Anne and be deserving of the award, Mr. Elias said he felt strongly that the recipient of the Anne Frank Human Writes Award should be Arthur Miller, a man who he said wrote about ordinary people like his family, who were swept up in extraordinary circumstances. When Clark approached Arthur Miller to receive this unique award from Anne’s cousin, Mr. Miller graciously agreed. Sadly, weeks before the Gala Event, Mr. Miller passed away.

Knowing how touched his father had been by the nature of this award, Robert Miller attended the event with Arthur’s sister and accepted the Human Writes Award on his fathers’ behalf, by stating, “My father agreed to accept this honor because of his belief in the relevance of the writer in society and their power to inform us of the human condition. I feel that this award honors his lifelong commitment to seeking and exploring that relevance.”

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